Source - https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/25/top-10-vc-firms-investorrank/
TL;DR - According to InvestorRank, the top 10 overall VC firms are: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Accel, Benchmark Capital, Union Square Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, and Grey Lock.
Helpfulness - 4 (written in 2011, so some of the information could be outdated, but the list doesn’t seem too inaccurate)
Tags - venture capital, VC, top VC firms, startup investing
Questions answered:
- What is Investor Rank?
- How does Investor Rank work?
- What are the top 10 VC firms in the world?
Summary:
- Past performance is not indicative of future returns.
- Chris Farmer (a General Catalyst Partners VC) invented a method to rank VC firms, called Investor Rank, which looks at the connections between VC firms.
- Whenever a VC firm follows another VC firm in a later round, the rank of the earlier VC goes up.
- The more that a VC firm invests in syndicates with other highly ranked firms or before they do, the higher its InvestorRank.
- InvestorRank is basically based on how connected and trusted a VC firm is
- Based on InvestorRank, the top 10 overall VC firms are: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Accel, Benchmark Capital, Union Square Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, and Grey Lock.
Follow up links: